These TDI engines can last for ever (well almost) if well serviced.  I would push the garage to do an oil change and cambelt change as well.  That way you are starting with a "level" playing field.

 

Finally, is your dash/ecu on fixed or variable servicing?  Eitherway, if you get the oil changed (or so that bit your self), remember to reset the service interval reminder.

 

Make sure they replace (and don't reuse) the stretch engine mount bolts, otherwise your new engine might fall out :-(

These TDI engines can last for ever (well almost) if well serviced.  I would push the garage to do an oil change and cambelt change as well.  That way you are starting with a "level" playing field.

 

Finally, is your dash/ecu on fixed or variable servicing?  Eitherway, if you get the oil changed (or so that bit your self), remember to reset the service interval reminder.

 

Make sure they replace (and don't reuse) the stretch engine mount bolts, otherwise your new engine might fall out :-(

 

Thanks for that information, I thought of something else too today while pondering what else need to be done and realised that I had a remap on my old engine...can the ecu be transferred from my old engine to the "new" old engine? and is it an easy job, I imagine it to be a square box bolted on the side of the engine somewhere and is a king of a plugged in affair.

The ECU will not be changed, so your remap will still be present.

The ECU will not be changed, so your remap will still be present.

 

 Is the ecu not connected to the engine?

Is the ecu not connected to the engine?

:no: that'd only be the case if planning to put say a 1.6 engine in

:no: that'd only be the case if planning to put say a 1.6 engine in

 

So, if it's a straight swap, the ecu will still be hooked somewhere under the bonnet but not physically on the engine itself?

So, if it's a straight swap, the ecu will still be hooked somewhere under the bonnet but not physically on the engine itself?

Its under the scuttle panel on the drivers side.

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 Is the ecu not connected to the engine?

It is obviously 'connected', but it isn't physically part of the engine.  The ECU lives under the scuttle panel, so there should no reason for it to be changed.

Cool, thank you guys for the good news, I have thought of something else too that I haven't considered until now, my engine had also an uprated single mass flywheel from Darkside Developments, I believe the flywheel is straight in straight out swap, I will have to speak to them about that.

Edited 10 October, 201411 yr by nbat58